Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad | |
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| عمر العقاد | |
El Akkad in 2025 | |
| Born | 1982 (age 43–44) Cairo, Egypt |
| Alma mater | Queen's University at Kingston |
| Occupations | Journalist, author |
| Notable work | One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This |
| Awards | Giller Prize (2021) National Book Award for Nonfiction (2025) |
Omar El Akkad (Arabic: عمر العقاد, romanized: ʿUmar al-ʿAqqād; born 1982) is an Egyptian-Canadian-American author and journalist currently living in the USA. His book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This won the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction and whose novel What Strange Paradise was the winner of the 2021 Giller Prize.